Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εἰλαπιναστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰλαπιναστής εἰλαπιναστοῦ

Structure: εἰλαπιναστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from ei)lapi/nh

Sense

  1. a feaster, quest, boon-companion

Examples

  • τὰσ θυσίασ καὶ τὰσ λαμπροτέρασ παρασκευὰσ ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ εἰλαπίνασ καὶ τοὺσ τούτων μετέχοντασ εἰλαπιναστάσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 64 1:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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